26 Tuesday Oct 2021
Posted in dark poetry, Halloween, Poetry
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#poetry, child, death, dorindaduclos.com, grim reaper, Halloween, Night Owl Poetry, poems, unrest, writing
Mama said it was taken care of
“Child, there’s nothing to be scared of”
I close my eyes, and to my surprise
There is something I’m made aware of
24 Saturday Apr 2021
Posted in #NaPoWriMo, Poetry
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#NaPoWriMo, #poetry, child, child abuse, Day 24, dorindaduclos.com, Night Owl Poetry, poems, strife, writing
So many times
She masks the tears
Struggles to put
Aside her fears
Another day
A body broken
Nowhere to turn
No words are spoken
Wishes she
Could hide forever
Forget the pain
That leaves her, never
Cries in the night
From a voice unknown
An empty heart
She’s so alone
Is there no one to save
This embattled child
Abused, and wasted
Her body, defiled
To help her find
The one she’s lost
Her self-esteem
That’s long been tossed
Cradle her safely
With loving arms
Never again
Shall she know harm
It only takes one
To give her back herself
No more forgotten doll
Sitting there, on a shelf
She needs to know
There is more to this life
Than endless suffering
And intolerable strife…
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12 Monday Apr 2021
Posted in #NaPoWriMo, Poetry, Shadorma
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#NaPoWriMo, #poetry, child, Day 12, dorindaduclos.com, dragon, keep, Night Owl Poetry, poems, protector, Shadorma, writing
Dragon’s keep
Where wee ones close by
Sit and play
Without care
Knowing they are protected
By winged warriors
©2021 Dorinda Duclos All Rights Reserved
Image by Xandra_Iryna from Pixabay
17 Tuesday Nov 2020
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#poetry, child, Colleen's Weekly Poetry Challenge, dorindaduclos.com, ekphrastic, Etheree, Night Owl Poetry, photo prompt, poems, poetry challenge, reflections, thoughts, writing
Child
Who is
Reflected
On the water
Bares her soul aloud
In the silence of night
As barren trees listen, watch
Her attention lies far away
Scattered thoughts unleash a roaring din
She wonders if the birds can hear them, too
WEEKLY #TANKA TUESDAY #POETRY CHALLENGE NO. 203 #EKPHRASTIC #PHOTOPROMPT
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Photo via Colleen’s Challenge
14 Thursday Nov 2019
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#poetry, #poetrycommunity, arrival, autumn, child, dorindaduclos.com, Fall, Night Owl Poetry, poems, spirits, survival, writing
Autumnal colors,
Russet and red,
Draped in a cape,
That covers her head.
She tucks inside,
The golden locks of hair,
Her mama told her,
To never bare.
A mist forms around her, ever so,
There, in the forest, unafraid, though.
They envelop her,
In a magical dance,
She smiles, happily,
This is not happenstance.
Knowing it is they,
Who come to call,
Every November,
Near the end of fall.
And this child awaits, ever patiently, their arrival,
For she counts on them, for her very survival…
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